A Plan to Survive

As the door opened from the runabout, Gunnery Sergeant Richard Sharpe was moving to an exit grabbing a sniper rifle and assault pack slinging it on. Richard then called for two Marines to grab rifles and packs then follow him out. Outside The Devastator aka USS Ohio, Richard directed the two to follow him up a hill. Reaching the top in a crouched position, he tapped his combadge.

"Sharpe to Major Phanan." The pause only lasted a moment.

<Phanan here, where did you go Sharpe ?>

"Securing the perimeter sir, scanning for unwelcome visitors."

<Understood Sharpe, let me know of any changes.>

"Yes sir, Sharpe out." Swinging around at the skyline with the sniper rifle and slowly pivoting up to scan the sky Sharpe directed the other two to scan the surrounding area. "Keep an eye out for visitors and don't expect them to be friendly, because for the percentages, they probably won't be."

"Sergeant, what about the Leviathan ?" One of the Marines asked. Sharpe noted it was Lance Corporal Hendricks.

"Vaped or out of here, either way we are stuck here for a while, so be quiet and watch."

Moving back to group, Sharpe talked to Phanan observing that the supplies should be moved away from the wreckage, leaving the beacon behind at the crash site, Sharpe reasoned that if Starfleet could hear it, so could their enemies. Phanan nodded since he had also reached that conclusion. Soon orders were issued to pull back to the new encampment. The assault packs included a special netting resistant to scans. The netting would be used to mask their presence. As soon as the last of the preparations had been made a sleek ship arrived and landed. Enemy troops were now in the area, Sharpe watched as they disembarked and formed up into patrols, his sniper rifle tracking their movements. Phanan arrived quietly and placed Sharpe's combat rifle next to him. Sharpe made a quiet report and slung the sniper rifle onto back, grabbing his combat rifle at ready and together they moved back into the shadows. They would gain nothing and lose everything by fighting now. Guerrilla combat was the call of the day. They would make hit and run attacks until the Fleeters returned or they all perished.

Sharpe waited for orders as they gathered together. Commander Soliel announced the detection of several escape pod beacons nearby. Major Phanan then proposed a two prong plan. Rescue and distraction operations using three teams. Sharpe and three Marines would be the distraction team. Major Phanan, Commander Soliel, 2nd Lieutenant's Truman and Gleason along with three Marines would be the rescue team. Captain Goerl and her team of six would be in charge of covering the retreat of the rescue team. Commander Rashad, 2nd Lieutenant J'Lan and the remaining four Marines would continue to monitor and build up defences as well as make some alternate plans to relocate too.

The plan was agreed to and Lance Corporal Hendricks, Rifleman Jorgenson, and Rifleman Boatner followed Sharpe onto their mission of creating some chaos. It was agreed that they should rescue as many survivors as possible in order to build up their numbers.